[Resolved] Time and Date Issues

ATLien

$timezone = "-5";
$timestamp = gmmktime();
$new_timestamp = $timestamp + ($timezone * 60 * 60);
$formatted_date = date('m/d/Y H:i', $new_timestamp);
echo $formatted_date;
echo "<br>" . gmmktime() . "<br>";
echo date('m/d/Y H:i', $timestamp);

Result:
04/24/2005 03:20
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04/24/2005 08:20

It is currently 2:20pm EST so why would it say it is 8am in GMT? Is gmmktime() the best way tocome up with the current GMT time?

Also do I have to adjust for daylight savings? I am new to time() and date() functions.

Thanks in advanced.

Installer

Try this:

$timezone = date('Z');
$format = 'm/d/Y H:i';
$local_time = date($format);
echo 'Local time: ' . $local_time . '<br />';
$local_time_gmt = gmdate($format, strtotime($timezone . ' seconds'));
echo 'Local time (from GMT): ' . $local_time_gmt . '<br />';
$local_time_gmt = gmdate($format, time() + $timezone);
echo 'Local time (from GMT): ' . $local_time_gmt . '<br />';
$gm_time = gmdate($format);
echo 'GMT: ' . $gm_time . '<br />';

ATLien

Hey thanks for the help, about 3 hours after I posted this, I solved the problem by doing something close to what you suggest. I adjust the timestamp for the seconds my server is offset from GMT. Then when I pull the timestamp to adjust for user specific timezone settings, I adjust it and format it. thanks again.

Drakla

Well if it's resolved, for christs sake, mark it as resolved.

People sometimes will take well over an hour to work out a solution on this board of others then get told "Oh, I've already done it"

ATLien

It is marked resolved. What the hell are you talking about.